CHAPTER FIVE: ADVICE, DECISIONS AND TRAINING.

Having been given the date of November 31st for the first task Harry and the fellow champions began training like there was no tomorrow, learning and going over several spells the older champions thought harry should know. In the week since the Weighing of the wands, Harry's grades skyrocketed alongside everyone elses grades to what they should have been. Elphaba and Daphne knocked Terry Boot and Hermione off the top spots followed by Susan and Harry taking fourth and fifth. Luna remained at the top of her year with a notable gap as Neville became seventh in their year. Elphaba and Daphne were waiting outside transfiguration waiting for Harry and Neville having left Susan outside ancient runes to go to Potions. The two were talking quietly amongst themselves not stirring anything up as Hermione Granger stormed up to them her busy hair more static than normal and a furious glint in her eye.

"HOW DARE YOU!" she shrieked attracting everyones attention to them

"How dare us what?" Elphaba replied looking confused "What have we done to piss you off Granger?"

"HOW DARE YOU TAKE MY SPOT AT THE TOP" Hermione cried as everyone watched as Elphaba paled a prayed to forget about event passing through her eyes "YOU HEATHENS I EARNED THAT SPOT!"

"What do you mean you earned the top spot?" Daphne asked sounding insulted "Quoting books and filling any homework with anything more than what's required isn't earning the top spot you have to really know the material you've been given"

"I'VE PROVEN MY INTELLIGENCE OF THE WIZARDING WORLD DESPITE BEING MUGGLEBORN OVER AND OVER AGAIN THESE PAST THREE YEARS I WILL NOT HAVE MY FOURTH YEAR DESRUPTED BY TWO MAGICALLY RAISED BITCHES" Hermione cried beyond angry

"Are you so fucking dense as well as stupid Granger, I'm mundane raised remember" Elphaba said icily and the room felt deadly cold everyone with a brain noted the different terminology used "Or do you not remember year two at St Marys of the cross, when you beat me to the point of unconsciousness because you thought I was cheating you of good grades and going to bully you for it"

Hermione shrank slightly at the drop in temperature and her anger vanished almost completely as an image of a six year old Elphaba lying severely beaten on the ground before Hermione. Hermione felt the flash of intense anger accompanying her as her bloodied hands were bawled up into fists. Hermione remembered that evening when Elphaba had come looking for Hermione looking extremely happy about something and willing to share. When Hermione heard Elphaba had come first in their year at school and wanting to share her success Hermione threw the first punch. Hermione claimed self defence and since Elphaba was still a new student she had been suspended then thrown out when Hermiones parents pressed charges. Hermione had no friends after that and slid further into her books.

"You stopped being my friend after that and I lost all respect for you and teachers pet bookworms in general" Elphaba said her green-blue eyes flashing violently "I may have liked you then but not now and at least I was clever enough not to berate you for 'your intelligence' but I have to thank you though"

Hermione frowned and straightened up, not noticing an angry Harry standing behind her being held back by Neville and Dean. Ron stood to one side ready to pull Hermione out the way if she was in trouble.

"It made me the better person" Elphaba continued "I found out what exactly was important and who I wanted to be as a person...Best of all I met and became friends with Harry Potter...You may pride your supposedly high Intelligence Hermione Jean Granger but I WILL NEVER pride mine over my friends at least I would never throw their TRUST IN ME back in their faces"

Elphaba felt her head rock back and heard the echo of skin against skin as an angry and crying Hermione slapped her hard, Hermione went to slap her again but was stopped by Harry breaking free of the others and grabbing her arm.

"You almost beat Elphie to death BECAUSE SHE GOT FIRST IN THE SECOND YEAR TESTS!" Harry ended up yelling at her. The information killing the remaining feelings he had for her "What are you ?, you're not better than Malfoy, Granger...I can't believe I was actually going to ask out a BULLYING BITCH."

Hermione's teary eyes widened as what Harry said set in. He had actually fancied her and now thought her a bully on par with Draco Malfoy. Hermione tried to pull her arm from Harrys grip and whimpered slightly

"Harry" Daphne said in a dangerous tone "Let her go"

"Brother Let the little girl go " Elphaba said tiredly but sounding lighter as Harry looked to his pseudo sister a mental hand soothing the tears in his mind "she's no longer worth it now"

Harry nodded and let go of the now sobbing Hermione. Ron was at Hermiones side trying to stop her crying. Professor McGonagoll appeared at the classroom door ready to let them in and looked confused at the scene before her as Harry stepped out of Hermiones way. Hermione let out a loud sob and fled down the corridor.

"Everyone come in and find a seat Potter, Greengrass Hardbroom" McGonagoll said as everyone began to file in "I'll talk to you after class"

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"Why didn't you tell me it was Hermione who did it to you?" Harry asked as the two of them sat at the boarder line trees to the forbidden forest. It was two hours after Transfiguration and they had an hour to wait until they would go back to the apartment.

"Because a little part of me had hoped she'd changed" Elphaba replied honestly "Plus when the two of you talked there was a little glint in both your eyes. You both projected love for each other I wouldn't stop either of you"

Harry smiled sadly and gave her hand a squeeze before giving it a kiss

"I love you Elphaba Hardbroom" Harry said softly "always looking out for me, I consider you now and for always my sister" Elphaba smiled and leant her head against his shoulder.

A faint roar echoed behind them as Elphaba sat up straight a strange look in her eyes as she frowned. Harry noted the signs of Elphaba scanning the area with her mind in her posture and her blue-green eyes. She was a psycic mutant on top of being an extremely powerful witch. The two of them got away with so much trouble as kids thanks to her psycic ability.

"What is is?" Harry asked as the two of them got to their feet and Elphaba began scanning the forest "What does your elf eye see?"

"A group of men camping out in the forest" Elphaba replied sounding monotone "A very large group, they have several large boxes and...DRAGONS!"

Harry winced as Elphaba hissed the last part

"Dragons how many?" Harry asked keeping an eye out for other students, teachers and Hagrid

"Four" Elphaba said "a Welsh Green, a Chinese Fireball, a Swedish Short-Snout and a Hungarian Horntail."

"their for the tournement aren't they?" Harry asked though it was more of a statement than a question

"They definitely are" Elphaba replied scanning one or two of the dragon keepers "Hey Charlie Weasleys here"

"Right now we have to tell the others and change the training strategy" Harry said as the two of them picked up their bags and headed back to get the others "Plus I need to get a message to Amelia Bones, We need Sirius free to help us"

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"Dragons?"Cedric choked slightly looking extremely pale "We have to fight Dragons"

The four champions and Elphaba were sitting in the Apartment with Sirius waiting for the others to get back from the Hogwarts Library. Elphaba had mentally passed on the information to Daphne, Susan, Neville and Luna as they went to find Cedric, Fleur and Victor, their allies turned friends instantly volunteered to get copies of books from the library especially on the specific breeds Elphaba picked up on.

"Yep" Harry said standing before the fireplace facing them all. Elphaba sat on the poof beside him Elbows on knees and her chin resting on her closed hands

"Do your allies know this?" Vicotr asked with a frown

"Their looking up the breeds in the Hogwarts library they'll be here afterwards" Harry admitted "Which will be in half an hour"

"'Ow did you find out?" Fleur asked nervously fiddling with her skirt as Victor sat in the armchair frowning

"Psycic searching" Elphaba admitted Both Harry and Elphaba agreed that truth with the other champions would go a long way to getting all of them out the other side unscathed "I'm what's considered a magical mutant...I'm at least an Alpha Level Psycic, Possibly an Omega class but since I'm not seventeen yet I won't know"

"I sincerely hope that Elphaba being a mutant doesn't put you guys off working with us" Harry addressed the room including Sirius at the breakfast Bar, Sirius, Victor and Fleur listened aptly as Cedric looked abit paler than he did a moment previously "Elphaba was born with her abilities...something which we all cannot control...I was born with the ability to talk in another language within days of listening to natural speakers."

Victor and Fleur nodded greatfully when he showed off his ability by translating what he had said into their respective languages.

"I can't complain" Fleur announced to the group "Elphaba has not forcefully read my mind nor has she made waves to do so...I am part Veela, so I understand the predjudice"

"My cousin Petyr" Victor began "He's in 1st year at Durmstrang, but he shows signs of being a mutant as well, I cannot predjudice against another when I have one in my family"

Cedric said nothing but reached forwards to a glass of water on the table tapping it gently and freezing the whole thing to the coffee table

"I can't really say anything" He muttered softly colour slowly returning to his face

"That can help you with the task" Sirius said staring at the glass "are you really good at acting?"

"Generally yeah" Cedric replied as Sirius got to his feet and walked around the sofa to see them all "well at least miss-direction"

"I suggest when you're feeling threatened use your ice power to distract the dragon enough to get whatever it is you need to get" Sirius said thinking on his feat "But don't do it obviously...Dumbledore is not a big fan of magical mutants...he feels threatened by them if he catches you doing it, Tournement or not he will kill you"

"How do you know that?" Harry asked with a frown

"There were several students I knew of when I was at Hogwarts whose deaths are still suspicious" Sirius admitted sounding rather morbid "I would have passed them off as parents taking them out of school but Abigail Mac-FitzGereld had the ability to walk through walls and I knew she was an orphan...her parents had died at the hands of Voldemort"

"'Ow should we deal with ours?" Fleur and victor asked at the same time before smirking at each other.

Everyone giggled at their twin speak before launching into a brainstorming session. The allies arrived not ten minuites later with several notes on the four dragon breeds Elphaba had seen.

They would have gone on all evening but they were interrupted by a letter from Burchoke at Gringotts, One for Sirius, Harry and Elphaba combined and one for Daphne herself from her father Lord Cecil Greengrass. Daphne opened hers as Sirus spoke aloud the one for the three of them. Luna using her head pulled the others into the kitchen for some food.

'To Lords Black and Potter,

The clearing out of the Black house in London has been a great success. The final piece of Voldemorts Horcruxs we knew of was found within a jewels cabanet and promptly disposed of. The house elf Kreecher begged to be witness and promptly died after the Horcruxes demise. But that is not all, The potter Account books have been thouroughly searched through at your behest and we have found will tampering, theft and an illegal contract signed by Dumbledore and Molly Weasley, Nee Prewett for a Miss Ginevera Molly Weasley It states A Harry James Potter-Black as the husband. I request you come to Gringotts tonight so we can conteract these ridiculous moves by Albus Dumbledore,

Yours Faithfully,

Burchoke Poisonclaw

May your money flow and your enemies tremble '

Elphaba mentally communicated between the two in a matter of seconds and it was agreed they would go that night once they had called Gaby to keep an eye on the others and sent Fleur, Cedric and Victor back to Hogwarts. The three older champions had begun to run interference with the headmasters for the cabal alongside select students in each of the Hogwarts houses. Including Lavender brown, Padma Patil, Tracy Daves and Blaize Zabeni. They were about to voice their plan when Daphne choked out a sob.

"Daph?" Elphaba asked warily reaching out to her friend Daphne looked at her read eyed and trembling Elphabas shoulders slumped "He actually did it didn't he? he finally threw you out"

Daphne sobbed dropping the letter and threw herself into Elphabas arms.

Harry picked up the letter and read it

'Daughter,

This is the final straw you continue to give me and your mother pains by hanging around with the half blood traitor Hardbroom and your failing grades are a disgrace, by this time tomorrow you will be cast out of the Greengrass family and no longer considered my daughter,

Lord Cecil, Cygnus Greengrass'

FLASHBACK:

December 22nd 193

Harry Potter walked up to the astronomy tower keeping an eye on the map as he walked so as not to cross paths with any of the other students and Daphne Greengrass wouldn't move. He was supposed to meet with Daphne since Elphaba had been asked for a rare visit home by her grandfather Ebenezer. Harry held a present in his pocket for Daphne he had hoped would make her smile. As Harry reached the Astronomy tower stairs he called out

"Greengrass you there?"

Daphne appeared at the open door at the top of the stairs

"Potter...we're not supposed to meet until half three" She said as harry climbed the stairs to her side

"It's almost twenty past four" Harry said with a smile "So I came to find you"

"Thank you" Daphne said and let him out onto the roof and the two of them settled down on some conjoured chairs

"So what brings you up here on this fine winters day?" Harry asked after a few minuites

"Thinking" Daphne replied turning away from the view and facing him "My dad...er...He's not been very happy with me recently"

"How come?" Harry asked trying to keep his tone as light as possible.

"He's erm...Not very happy with my grades" Daphne chocked out "He says I'm showing up the house of Greengrass"

"But you're in the top three" Harry exclaimed "You, Terry and Hermione have dominated the top three for the past three years...that's nothing to sneeze at you know"

"He's unhappy with the fact i'm being beaten by a halfblood and a mud...mundane-born, He said if I don't get my act together by Christmas next year he's throwing me out of the family"

Harry smiled at Daphnes change in terminology before becoming thourghtful

"Well Hermione isn't in the top three for Charms and DADA, and you are"

Daphne chuckled wetly before blowing her nose

"Thanks Harry If you weren't so good at practical DADA I would be first in that subject" she said softly

"Well I have to be good at something" Harry muttered "I'm pretty boring at everything else"

This caused Daphne to chuckle again as Harry pulled out his present to her

"This is for you"

Daphne looked up at him in surprise and took it from him, she opened it and gasped at the real silver friendship bracelet inside.

"Do you like it?" Harry asked feeling nervous for his friend

"Like it I LOVE IT" Daphne shrieked putting it on and hugging him "thank you thank you thank you"

"You're welcome Daph" Harry said grinning "Lets go inside It's getting cold"

Harry knew instantly that Daphnes fears had been realised and she needed her friends more than ever.

"Daph" Harry said instantly "You're coming with me to Gringotts, You have half an hour to decide...Either to be the new Mrs Potter and the new Lady of the house...or you can be my new sister. Miss Daphne Potter"

Daphne looked up at him in confusion as Elphaba turned to Cedric

"Cedric...I'm going to need you to lie to Professor Dumbledore" she said earning a smirk from Cedric himself "We're going to need McGonagolls help"

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Dumbledore sat planning his next move. He had gone in search of Harry and his friends planning to berate them for reducing Hermione to tears in a crowded corridor, then confounding them to no longer be friends and have Harry be under his and Molly Weasleys thumb again. That unlikely plan had been thrawted by Cedric Diggory who came rushing up to him with a message from Harry stating that the two of them had been called to the sickbed of Elphabas grandfather. Cedric then said that their friends had gone with them and Professor McGonagoll had sent them off at the gates with Elphabas Mother. Minerva turned up a moment later confirming Cedrics tale a letter from Harry and Elphaba begging to be allowed to help Daphne and to protect themselves tucked in her pocket. Dumbledore stormed off back to his office and spent most of dinner in there thinking hard...the Marriage Contract. The one he wrote between Houses Weasley and Potter... It was perfect and a variable he had forgotten about until now. Thinking over everything he would need including the correct potions for Harry to fall in love with Ginny. By this time next year both Harry and Sirius would be dead and the Potter and Black fortunes would be his and Mollys to control. Standing up and walking to the fireplace Albus Dumbledore threw a handful of Floo powder into the fire

"Severus Snapes office" He called out and put his head through. Severus Snape looked up from the book he was reading "Ah Severus might I come through and have a word"

"Of course Headmaster" Severus drawled "Whatever do you need?"

Albus Dumbledore stepped through and brushed off his robes

"I need you to brew some potions" Albus began spelling out his whole plan to Snape who inwardly rejoiced at Harry Potter and Sirius Blacks possible downfall.

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Burchoke sat at his desk as Sirius, Elphaba and Harry walked into the room alongside Luna, Neville and Daphne. Susan scurried in a moment later before a guard goblin closed the door. Daphne Greengrass looked rather pale and red eyed and the others looked serious in their determination.

"When I requested your presence Lord Potter and Lord Black I was unaware of your entourage" Burchoke said in a way of an honest introduction. "But there must be a reason isn't there"

"There is Master accountant Burchoke" Elphaba said with a small bow "two actually"

"Our friends wanted to be witnesses" Harry admitted sheepishly "For the things we are about to do"

"Alright" Burchoke said pulling out the appropriate paperwork for Sirius and Harry to look over. "These are the incconcistancies we can confirm are being caused by Dumbledore and Mrs Weasley... although we can prove the money being pulled out by Dumbledore is being used for the Potters upkeep of Hogwarts itself."

Harry nodded, having found out that the Potters were the decendents of Godric Gryffindor and the Evens were Squib decendents of Rowena Ravenclaw he wasn't surprised by Dumbledores actions on that frount.

"It's what Dumbledore is doing here and here alongside Molly that has us concerned"

Harry looked over a transaction paper and noted that Dumbledore had transferred enough money to look after a small zoo to the Dursleys who he hadn't seen in seven years. And money being out into an account marked the order of the pheonix. Molly had taken out enough showing that harry had at least supported the older Weasley brothers through Hogwarts and the younger Weasley siblings up to the twins sixth year. He may not be in terms with Ron right now and barely knew Ginny but harry had another brainwave.

"Burchoke" He began thinking quickly "Take the account key Molly Weasley still has and transfer all money out bar the Hogwarts tuition fees up to Ginnys seventh year then add enough for new school robes, next few years books and equipment for new people...throw in a new wand for Ginny"

"Harry why are you doing that?" Sirius asked "I thought you wanted to crush them"

"Shush Sirius" Elphaba said quietly "He's not done"

"Take a third of the Ravenclaw fortune and put the right amount periodically into the Dursleys account...The last amount should be put in on my 17th birthday...I'll visit them then" Burchoke grinned vehnemently catching onto Harrys plan...Harry was indebting both families to him through Vernon Dursley and Arthur Weasley, The former due to family ties and the Later due to honour.

"And what of the illegal contract?" Burchoke asked pulling out the parchment it was writian on Harry looked up at him and smiled

"Ah that is where Daphne comes in" Harry said with a grin "you see Lord Greengrass has decided with his infinite wisdom to drop Daphne from the house of Greengrass. I have offered her the option of being my wife or my sister I believe if she chooses the former it will negate the illegal contract"

Daphne looked thourghtful for a brief moment before clearly making a decision

"I'm going to be Mrs Harry Potter" Daphne announced in a strong voice. Everyone smiled a little bit brighter

"I have one more question" Burchoke announced to the group "How do we avoid Dumbledore citing this contract through Harry being Sirius' Heir"

"This is where I come in" Elphaba announced pulling out some paperwork of her own and offering it to Burchoke.

AUTHORS NOTE:

OMG THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE FAVOURATED (not a real word I know) THIS STORY...YOU SERIOUSLY DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT ACTUALLY MEANS TO ME.

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THANK YOU ALL FOR READING CHAPTER FIVE OF THE HOGWARTS CABAL.

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Since this story has NO BETA it will have spelling mistakes the spell-check or I will miss so bare with me.

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Mosnter K: DON'T WORRY ONCE THIS STORY HAS BEEN FINISHED I WILL GO BACK AND FINE TUNE THE WHOLE THING. SINCE I (VAUGELY) KNOW HOW IT WIL END AND KNOW HOW A SEQUAL AND A PREQUAL ONESHOT WILL GO FINISHING THE STORY GOES FIRST.

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NarutoKushina: AS I SENT YOU IN A MEGGAGE. PART OF HARRY IS/WAS HOPING FOR A RECONILIATION WITH BOTH RON AND HERMIONE, BUT SINCE YOU'VE SEEN IN THIS CHAPTER THAT AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN...FOR HERMIONE AT LEAST. YOU'LL HAVE TO READ THE NEXT CHAPTER OR TWO FOR RONS FATE.